Combined perch and nest house



March 3l. 1925.

1,531,956 B. F. KOEPSELL COMBINED PERCH AND NEST HOUSE Filed March 22, 1924 J JiILioepseu/j INVENTOR. v Y

March 31. 1925. 1,531,956-x B. F. KOEFSELL.-

COMBINEDv PERCH AND NEST HOUSE Filed March 22, 1924 3 shuts-,Shoot 2 ATTORNEY.

March 3l. 1925.

B. F. KEPsELL COMBINED PERCH AND NEST HOUSE 3 Shoah- Sluit g5 Filed March 22 agp'g j INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

UNITED STATES BERNARD F. KOEPSELL, OF WORTHINGTON, MNNESiOTA.

COMBINED BEECH ANI) NEST HOUSE.

Application mea Maren 22,1924. serial No. 701,097.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, BERNARD F. KoErsnLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worthington, in the county of Nobles and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Perches and Nest Houses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined sanitary nests and perches for fowls, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed device whereby the fumes from a deodorizing, disinfecting and vermin destroying element may beuniformlyand continuously distributed throughout the perches and thence tothe fowlsy upon the perches and without any part of the fowls coming in contact with the vermin destroying element.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, which may be extended to any required capacity, and folded or collapsed to occupy lessy space when not in use or when being transported, shipped or stored. v

Another object of the inventionis to provide a device of this character having a nest house associated with eachperch, and level therewith to faciliate the passage of the fowls between the nest and the perches, and rotatable on the perches to faciliate the cleansing or sanitation of the nests.

Another objectof the invention is lto provide a device of this character, havingimproved means of producing and controlling the flow of the disinfecting and vermin destroying element from the source of supply 'to the perches.

Another obgect of the invention is to provide a device of this character, having im-v proved meansl for conducting the vermin destroyer element from the source of supply to the perches, and to control the tension of the conducting means. ,Y

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having'an improved construction of holder for the.

disinfecting element, and controlling the flow therefrom.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and 1n the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.`

Figure l is an end elevation of the improved device yin operative position.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, partly in section fof the parts arranged as shown in Fig'urel.v i vFigure 3- is `a transverse section Aon the line 3-3 of Figure 2looking in the direction ofthe arrow. v y

Figure l is an end elevation of the device when folded or collapsed for shipment or storage. V

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the automaticA supply tank for the disinfectingliquid. 7 t

Figure 6 is a transverse section onthe line vt-Gof Figure 5. Y f

Figure 7 is a perspective detail detached vof one of the disinfectant conducting devices.l

Figure 8 isa front elevation of' a part of thevimproved device, illustrating a modification in the construction.

Figurev 9 is a section on the line 99of Figure 8. A

Figure 10 ris a front elevation, illustrating another modication in the construction.

The improvedY device comprises inv generalsupporting frames hingedly united and veach .including a pluralty ofperches for fowls arranged in parallel relation, and `with a conductor for a disinfecting and vermin destroyingelement attached to the under side of each perch. The improved device likewise includes a tanker containerfor the supply of the disinfectant and with means for automatically feeding the disinfectant to the conductor devices. v j

In the form of constructionA shovvn` in Figuresl,` 2, and 3 ai nesting house is asso- ,ciated'with each perch andmovable to enable the nests t0 be overturned for cleansing and sanitation. Y n 1 Y The improved device mayv be of-any size 'and with any required number of perches and nestxhouses, gwhen the latter are employed', but for the purpose of illustration a frame containing five of the perches and each withone nest yhouse associated therewithis shownin Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. y Each supporting vdevice comprises end members 10 and'll and' connecting perches kor roosts 12, the lattercfixedly attached at `the ends the members and l1. The

in .the i l shaped member 24:. A receptacle 25 open at confronting ends of the trame members are provided respectively with extension blocks 13, and the blocks united, preferably at rig it angles to each other', by clip devices 14, YWhile the confronting ends of the frame members 11 are similarly coupled by Jlilre right angled clip devices 15.

In the structure slioivninFigures1-and2 one end ot each perch, for illustrationthe end nearest to the traine members 10, is rounded, andinounted torrotation on each rounded portion is a nest house 1G, each nest house Vbeing mounted near one end upon the perch and each provided with 4a relatively large opening 17V 4next to the perch, to provide convenient passage Vfor the fowl to and fromthe nest to the' perch. Each nestliouse is also provided with alsinaller opening 18 in one'si'de to provide tlieieq-iiisite ventilation' and also to provide meaiisforconvenient cleaning and disintecting` the nest houses,

In the l:torni of structure shoivn in Figures l and 2 each nest house and the adjacent framefmembers 10 arealso provided with a Vhook 19 and staple 20, to hold them in fixed relation with the nest houses in'upright position when in use, and to enable them to be overturncd'when required torcleansing or disii'iection. The clip device 14 istormed with an up-V wardly directed inverted lU-shaped extension vframe 21, and journalier, at 2 2 and 28 near the 'lower part is avv .cup

one vend is reduced ,toward its open endend Vdispocd:byits reduced openend Within the framel Wit'hthe shoulder -2 .torined .the juncture O' 'the bedr of .the 'receptacle and 'the reduced portion orininga'stop shoulder wliichbears upon.tlie'upperrim 'of the cup 24, as s'hoivn more particularly iii Figure 5.

The frame 21 is provided withza clamp screw 27 whereby the receptacle 25 maybe held in vposition substantially .liquid tight upon ythe vcup member 24t,kand readily detaclied, ,when required, for recharging7 or for other purposes.

- Tlieloiver sidewftheporches 121cm lon gitudinally cliannelled,as shown in'Figures 2, S, S an dj9 to receive a conductor element through which va Adisinfecting and verminv` destroying` substance or material maybe caused to flow by capillary attraction or force.

The journa'ljZB ofthe cup 2t iso-tubular,

. and eachV of the vfabric portions 28 lof the conductor leads at one end through the tubular journal and are united in a coil 30 in the bottom of the cup'24, as shoivnin Fig? ures 5 and 6, the coils being retained in positionby suitable clip devices 31.

The Wire reinforce VraeiiibersqQQ entend only Within the channels in the porches and each formed'Withliooks 32 at one end to be forced into the members 10, as slioivn in Figure 2, to anchor the Wires at oneench and each reinforcing member provided at the `otheiend with a straining screw 33 V,and nut operating through the members 11 to apply longitudinal strain to the wire ineinbers7 to retain them and the fabricconduc- Vtors in position Within the channels of the perches. Y v'Thebody portion ortank 25 Vis charged with the disintectin'g oi' antivermin orinsectici'de liquid and inverted over the cup 24 and secured inplace as above described, and the liquid Will'ill the cup and be rabsorbed by the fabric conductors and carried thence by capillary `force the .vhole lengths of all the. perches, and the fumes rise in contact with thefoivls vwhen on the porches and et- .all in place, thelframe members with their rporches and tanks attached Will be rigidly supported in triangular shane as shown in Fioiires .1 anda?. and when one of the bolts ,h i f 35 and one of the boltsG lare detached, tho frames andperches together with their nest 'housesq can be collapsed into the shape slioivn in Figure 4j, for convenience iii shipment or storage.

vThe nest housesniay be entirely ot metal or partly metal and partlyof Wooch-asV may be required.

VIn'Figure'S a plurali. y of the l nest*houses 16 are sho-Wn upon each perch, and in this modiliied construction a bar 37-exteiids between each pair of the ser/ies, ot nest houses and are connected at the ends to theV end 'frame members 10 and 11.

vIn this modified construction the openings 17 for the entrance ot the ovvls are in one side of each nestliouse'while the VAventilating :openings 18 are 'in one end, the bars -37 operatingvas porches or toot rails,

*on which the V-fogwls alight iii entering or f leaving -tlienesthouses *In thezmodified `structure shown in vFiglili! ures S and 9, the fumes from the disinfecting substance pass directly into the nest houses.

In Figure l0 another modification in the construction is shown, in which the nest houses are dispensed with.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that modifications within the scope of the claimed invention may be made in the construction without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A perch having a longitudinally directed channel in its lower side, a conductor element within said channel capable of causing a liquid to flow therethrough by capillary force, a metal reinforcing meinbor intertwined with said conductor, a means for attaching said reinforcing member at one end to said perch, and means for applying strain longitudinally of the same. l

2. In a perch for fowls, a conductor element extending longitudinally of the perch capable of causing a liquid to flow therethrough by capillary force, a metal reinforcing member intertwined with said conductor, means for attaching said reinforcing member at one end to the perch and means attached to the reinforcing member at the other end for applying strain longitudinally of said reinforcing member.

A device of the class described including a perch for fowls, a conductor element extending longitudinally of the perch and capable of causing a liquid to flow therethrough by capillary force, a metal reinforcing member intertwined with said conductor, means for attaching said reinforcing member at one end to the perch, means attached to the reinforcing member at the other end forfapplying strain longitudinally of said reinforcing member, and a tank for a liquid and into which said conductor element leads,

4. A device of the class described, including a perch for fowls, a nest house movably engaged with said perch and accessible from the perch, a conductor element extending longitudinally of the perch` and capable of causing a liquid to flow therethrough by capillary force, a metal reinforcing member intertwined with said conducto'r, and means for applying strain longitudinally of said reinforcing member.

5. A device of the class described comprising frame members in spaced relation, a plurality of perches rigidly connected at the ends in spaced parallel relation to said frame members, la nest housing movably associated with each of said perches and each with an opening providing for passage between the nest house and perch, means for locking said nest house relative to said frame members and perch, a conductor capable of causing liquid to flow therethrough by capillary force, a metal reinforcing member intertwined with each of said conductor members, and means for applying strain longitudinally to said reinforcing member.

6. An apparatus of the class described comprising supporting end frames each including coacting members in spaced relation and connected by a plurality of perches in parallel relation, means for detachably uniting` said frame members for collapsing into parallel relation, a nest house movably supported relative to each of said perches. a conductor extending longitudinally of each perch and capable of causing a liquid to flow therethrough by capillary force, and a metal reinforcing element intertwined with each conductor.

7. An apparatus of the class described, comprising supporting frames each including end members in parallel relation and connecting perches in spaced relation, angular clips detachably coupling said end frame members, whereby they may be folded into small space forv transportation or storage, a nest housing movably associated with each of said perches, and means for locking said nest .houses in Xed'i-elation respectively with said frame members and perches.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature hereto. 

